EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY OF MYCOPLASMA-PNEUMONIAE INFECTIONS IN JAPAN BASED ON PCR-RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM OF THE P1 CYTADHESINGENE

Authors
SASAKI T KENRI T OKAZAKI N ISEKI M YAMASHITA R SHINTANI M SASAKI Y YAYOSHI M
Citation
T. Sasaki et al., EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY OF MYCOPLASMA-PNEUMONIAE INFECTIONS IN JAPAN BASED ON PCR-RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM OF THE P1 CYTADHESINGENE, Journal of clinical microbiology, 34(2), 1996, pp. 447-449
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
34
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
447 - 449
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1996)34:2<447:EOMIIJ>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Two hundred fifty strains of Mycoplasma pneumoniae isolated during the past 20 years in Japan were classified into two groups (I and II) bas ed upon different PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism pattern s of their P1 cytadhesin genes. Clear shifts between the IM. pneumonia e groups were observed but did not; appear to be correlated with M. pn eumoniae epidemic cycles. Patients' sera showed relatively higher leve ls of antiadhesin antibodies to M. pneumoniae strains homologous with the infecting strain.